Project Manager II
Mequon, WI 
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Posted 26 days ago
Job Description
Charter Manufacturing is a fourth-generation family-owned business where our will to grow drives us to do it better. Join the team and become part of our family!

POSITION PURPOSE/MISSION:

Collaborate with business unit and functional stakeholders to manage multiple medium to small-size projects in support of Charter's strategic digital efforts.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • Three plus years directly managing medium to small business and technology-based projects (system implementations, strategic business initiatives, etc.).
  • Experience successfully delivering medium to small projects with both waterfall and agile project management methodologies.
  • Experience successfully delivering medium to small projects across multiple business processes and stakeholders (Commercial, Supply
  • Chain, Operations, Finance, etc.).
  • Experience successfully delivery medium to small projects across a spectrum of technologies (ERP, Web, Middleware, Upgrades, and
  • Infrastructure).
  • Experience working with project management tools (e.g., Clarity, MS Project, Jira, etc.).
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization (leadership, project teams,
  • end users, etc.).
  • Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to adapt leadership style based on stakeholder group (situational leadership).
  • Excellent organizational awareness, with the ability to identify and collaborate with key influencers specific to each project to
  • drive success.
  • Proven ability to persuade and influence without authority.
  • Strong business/financial acumen and negotiation skills.
  • Strong analytical, problem solving, and qualitative analysis skills.
  • Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including leadership, management, peers, and external resources.
  • Ability to act as a servant leader, teaching and mentoring both business unit and technology teammates to build stronger and more effective teams.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) or related degree.
  • Five plus years' directly managing large business and technology-based projects (system implementations, strategic
  • business initiatives, etc.).
  • Leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience working across a variety of organizations (variety from both an industry and size perspective).
  • Experience leading or participating in digital transformation.
  • Experience working in a matrix organization being accountable to multiple stakeholders, such as various centers of
  • excellence (COE), business relationship managers, and portfolio managers.
  • Scrum master experience.
  • PMP certification.

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • Deliver projects tied to annual improvement priorities and strategic goals.
  • Assist digital leadership in developing project objectives, defining project scope, and determining success criteria.
  • Develop project, communication, risk mitigation, and change management plans.
  • Control and monitor project scope, time, cost, and quality, including managing the budget and interfacing with applicable
  • vendors.
  • Create and present high-level project status updates to project sponsors, management, and steering committees.
  • Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
  • Research, identify, and negotiate for all project resources (internal and external).
  • Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
  • Conduct project postmortems, communicating lessons learned and providing feedback to support the continued growth of Charter's IT project delivery.
  • Educate stakeholders on the processes and procedures of Charter's project methodologies.
  • Follow Environmental, Quality and Safety Management System procedures and requirements.
  • Ability to meet the essential job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation, as outlined in the job description.

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SUPERVISION:

  • Management of project teams, no direct organizational reports

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

  • Reports to: Project Resource Manager (PM COE)
  • Primary internal customers: Digital, Business Stakeholders across Divisions
  • Primary external customers: Project Vendors

POSITION CHALLENGES:

  • Managing in a resource constrained matrix organization.
  • Resource challenges are expected, and COE collaboration is critical to ensure resources are aligned to the highest priority
  • work across the portfolio.
  • Constant communication, and the ability to escalate to the correct level when appropriate (requires strong organizational
  • awareness).
  • Managing multiple medium and small sized projects.
  • Managing organizational change across a diverse stakeholder group.

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Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
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